Spring-roller shade for vehicles.



w. 0mm? SPRING ROLLER SHADE FOR VEHICLES.

MPLICATION FILED FEB. 141 NM Pafiemaal mm 13, 1915.

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new amen WILLIAM A. DANIELS, OF DEBMOTT, ARKANSAS.

SPRING-ROLLER SHADE FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed February 1'}, 1914. SerialNo. 818,722.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM A. DANIELS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dermott, in the county of Chicot and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring- Roller Shades for Vehicles, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useiul spring roller shade for vehicles, and its ob: ject is to provide a shade which. ordinarllywill be wound upon a roller mounted at the rear of an automobile, and which when desired may be drawn tended over the upholstery of the automobile to protect the same from the sun and. rain and dust.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, eliicient and simple and comparatively inexpensive to produce, also 'one in which the several parts will not be likely to get outof working order.

With the above and'other objects in view, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and operation, an example of which is described in the. following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a top view of an automobile equipped with my novel shade, showing the same extended to protect the upholstery of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in. side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the spring roller upon which my shade is wound, said roller being shown in partial section. Fig. l is a detail perspective view of a bracket two of which are cur ployed to support the extremities of my roller.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts in all the figures, the numeral 1 denotes an automobile, the top 2 of which is supported by a plurality of rods 3, said top being collapsed at the rear of the automobile when not in use, at such times the rods 3 being supported by suitable bracket arms 4-, mounted for that purpose upon the rear end of the car. The members i project laterally at each side of the automobile, and upon each of said memfrom said roller and eX-..

' will preferably bers, there is mounted fast one extremity of an angular arm 4, a rigid relation being set. up between the parts 4 and. 4* by set screws e.

The arms 4 are extended rearwardly from the brackets 4' a short distance and are then bent vertically, their upper ends being each provided with a pair of spaced rearwardly projecting fingers 5, be tween which may be engaged the extremities of an elongated'rod passing loosely through the roller 7 The extremities of the roller 7 are deeply recessed, as indicated at 8, and -within each of said recesses a spring 9 is coiled about the end portions of the rod 6, the outer extremity of each spring being rigidly engaged with the rod 6, and the inner extremitiesof the springs being secured to the member 7, To the roller 7, there is secured one extremity of an elongated shade 10, having a length and width sul'licient to enable the shade to cover the up. holstcry of the automobile when said shade is drawn forwardly elf the roller. The two.

springs 9, impress upon the roller 7 a tendency to rotation, tending tomaintain the shade 1O wound upon said roller, and [cud to automatically rewind the shade upon the roller when the shade is released at itsiorward evtremity. The shade be formed of rubber or under-proof canvas,- although any flexible fabric may be used. The front'edge ot' the shade 10 when said shade is extended over the car is detachably secured to the body of the car just at the rear of the hood,

the itastemngancans being indicated at 11;.

It'is, preferred to form the :free end portion of the shade with an aperture 12 extending to the free edge, which will serve to receive the steering post.

When a car-equippedwith the above described device is allowed to stand in an exposedplace for any length of time, the shade may be quickly drawn from its roller to protect the upholstery of the car, it being possible to adjust the-shade in its extended position much more quickly than it is possible to raise the cover If it is desired to raise the cover 2, the roller, in wound position, is quickly taken out of with the shade the brackets and'stored in the car or outside, as "convenient;

The invention 1s presented as including all such modifications and changes as. properly come Within the scope of the following claim.

That I claim is: I In a device'of the character described, the cm'nbination with an automobile, of a pair of brackets mounted atthe rear end of the car at 'each side thereof, a pair of angular arms respectively mounted upon said brackets, each arm being extended rearwardly and. then-upwardly, a spring roller 

